I love Arnold Schwarzenegger's
Conan the Barbarian.
Even though Frazetta painted those iconic book covers of Conan, of course we should feel no obligation to consider him
The Authority on Conan. But, for what it's worth, we are told in
Painting with Fire that Frazetta was disappointed by the casting of Schwarzenegger. His reasoning was that Conan should be like a
wolf, a scrapper, not like a
bear...or a big lug. I can't help thinking that Frazetta saw someone like himself as Conan.
Anyway, as awesome as the original film adaptation was, why not give others the chance to show us what they can do? Maybe something good will come of it.
I just saw that Jason Momao, who is the guy who plays Ronon on
Stargate Atlantis, is the newest Conan. Hey, I like SG-Atlantis...a lot. I'll definately give it a chance, then. Agreed, the trailer is not so good. Hopefully they'll give us something better sometime down the road.
In any case, I encourage folks to give Momoa a chance.
Oh-my-God. Ron Perlman co-stars. What the hell else do you need?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-YHqq3vmhY
He's adorable. Watch that and see if it ain't so.
I also looked this up. So he's an independent filmmaker too.
Road to Paloma trailer:
http://www.vimeo.com/20645971